Manure
Part 1 of 2
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) —Odor control guidelines: A
good thing?
Could be, according to a North
Carolina agricultural waste expat
who spoke at a special conference
on Monday.
Having some sort of odor con
trol guidelines could protect farm
enterprises that deal with a major
problem manure and from
possible odor lawsuits from angry
neighbors, according to Mike Wil
liams. director of the Animal and
Poultry Waste Management Cen
ter at North Carolina State
University.
Williams spoke to 80 producers
‘Producers are getting very annoyed and
tired of being told by the academic segment
that manure is a “valuable resource ” said
Williams, ‘Manure represents, in most
cases, a very significant management
problem for most producers, 9
and agri-industry representatives
at a conference, “Nuisance Con
cerns With Animal Agriculture In
the Community: The Case of
Odors,” on Monday at Yoder's
Restaurant in New Holland
According to Williams, in Eur
ope (where odor emission regula
tions will be standardized by
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preserve the industries that used to
be under attack by civic groups and
environmental activists poultry
and livestock operations with con
finement housing.
Could the same thing happen
here?
According to producers and
experts that spoke at the confer
ence, unless there is more commu
nication to and education of the
public toward ag practices, more
lawsuits and regulations are
inevitable.
According to a conference coor
dinator, Leon Resslcr, counties
such as Lancaster have exper
ienced tremendous growth in
human population and animal
numbers. Lawsuits over odors
have been increasing in many parts
of the state and country.
In Lancaster alone, in the 1960 s
there were about 60,000 dairy
cows in the county. Today there
ate 95,000 cows.
In the 1960 s there were about
60,000 hogs in Lancaster County.
Now there are about37o,ooo hogs.
The layer industry Ins seen a
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This group action planning session at the conference examined a scenario where a
dairy tanner faces comptolhts from neighbors after Installing a liquid manure system.
Group coordinator was Norm Conrad, Penn State-Pa. Department of Environmental
Protection liaison, center.
substantial increase, from • thou
sands in the 1960 s to about nine
million now.
And more people than ever
before making southeastern Pen
nsylvania rural areas their home.
The same can be said for North
Carolina. According to Williams.
North Carolina rocketed from 10th
in the country in swine production
to second Now, operations total
about eight million pigs. In one
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There ate6oomillion Inoilers in
North Cardins and about 60 mil
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that the state may be the number
one meat producing state in the
country. Those operations gen
erate lots of manure about 30
million tons per year.
Farmers in North Carolina know
about the problems and are tired of
the challenges associated with
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“Producers are getting very
annoyed and tired of being told by
the academic segment that manure
is a ‘valuable resource.’” said
Williams. “Manure represents, in
most cases, a very significant man
agement problem for most
producers.”
Indeed. Combined with other
states, total U.S. manure produc
tion per year from animal agricul
ture to Pago A2O)
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